Microsoft cuts 3,000 more jobs

Published 2:21 pm Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Microsoft officials today announced they are reducing 3,000 more jobs from its employee base around the world, according to microsoft-news.com. About 638 of the job cuts are in the Seattle region.

“We’ve taken another step that will complete almost all the 18,000 reductions announced in July. The reductions happening today are spread across many different business units, and many different countries,” a Microsoft spokesman said in a statement released by the company.

GeekWire reported that affected positions in this latest reduction are in support roles, including finance, human resources, sales and marketing.